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Patent GB-190211119-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Kilns and Ovens for Firing Earthenware Goods.
Inventor: TINDAL THOMAS
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1903-05-15
Abstract: 11,119. Tindal, T. May 15. Kilns and ovens. -Earthenware goods are fired by the combustion of producer gas from a producer furnace built in one with, or adjacent to, the kiln or oven. The gas is mixed with heated air, supplied through passages i the walls of the producer and kiln, and burnt in a combustion chamber beneath the floor of the firing-chamber of the k i I n or oven. Fig. 1 (Sheet 1) shows a cross-section through a kiln and producer furnace, and Figs. 2 and 3 (Sheet 1) longitudinal sections on the lines E-E and D-D respectively. The gas from the producer furnace a passes to the combustion chamber h beneath the firing-chamber m of the kiln, into which heated air is delivered from flues g<4> after having passed through flues g in the walls of the producer and others g<3> in the back wall of the kiln. The flames and products of combustion rise through the perforated top of the combustion chamber and circulate round the firing-chamber, finally passing down the flue k at the back to the chimney. Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Sheet 2) show an oven detached from the producer, from which the gas enters at a, Figs. 2 and 4. Figs. 1 and 2 show half horizontal sections on the lines A-A and B-B, Figs. 3 and 4, respectively, and Figs. 3 and 4 half sections on the lines C-C and D-D, Figs. 1 and 2. The combustion chamber c is supplied with gas and heated air as before, but the flame and products of combustion pass partly straight up into the firing-chamber through the perforations c<3>, and partly through flues e in the floor to bag flues e3 and so to the top of the firing-chamber. The products of combustion finally descend, as shown by arrows in Figs. 3 and 4, and, passing through flues f in the floor, rise through flues f<2> to the chimney.
Patent GB-190214279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ring, Cap, or Flyer Spinning Machinery.
Inventor: SMITH PRINCE
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 14,279. Smith, P., and Shackleton, S. June 24. Rollers and roller heads for ring, cap, or flyer spinning - machinery. In order that the roller stand a may be adjusted with regard to the spindles without it being necessary to refit the parts which bed upon the frames d, e, the stand a is hinged at a<7> to the part or foot a<6>, which is adjustable upon the frame e, and at the lower end it is provided with a hinged foot a<4>, fitted with a rack a<5>, which engages with a toothed pinion b<1> on a longitudinal shaft b rotated by means of a handwheel &c. The feet or supports a<4>, a<6> may therefore be adjusted horizontally and along the inclined frame e respectively, and the stand a will accommodate itself to the new adjustments.
Patent GB-190214431-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Appliances for Hanging Window Casements.
Inventor: COUZENS GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 14,431. Couzena, G. June 25. Casements.-Hinged casements are preferably made weather tight by being fitted with a fillet c of hard wood or metal which enters a groove a in the frame.
Patent GB-190219395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Lines and Buoys.
Inventor: STONEHEWER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-04
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 19,395. Stonehewer, W. Sept. 4. Drawings to Specafication. Buoyant ropes and cords.-Rounded pieces of cork are placed end to end within a hollow hose of linen or other material, thereby forming a light, flexible and buoyant rope, which when tied into a coil may be used as a life buoy.
Patent GB-190219746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stop Motions for Looms
Inventor: FAIR GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-09
Granted: 1903-12-09
Abstract: 19,746. Smith, S. J. W., [administrator of Fair, G.], and Gay, E. W. Sept. 9. Loom shuttles stop-motions; weft forks; reversing-mechanism.-Relates to mechanism, applicable to an ordinary loom, for stopping a loom on the pick in which the weft thread breaks or runs out, and for opening the shed at the point at which the weft thread fails. The picking-mechanism is timed to project the shuttle 16 across the lay 1 when the lay has made half its rearward stroke, so that the shuttle reaches the opposite box when or before the lay reaches its rearmost position. When the lay has swung three-eighths of the way back, the finger 4 on the rod 2 attached to the lay will engage the fixed stop 5, as shown in Fig. 2, and, as the lay swings back, will cause the rod 2 to rotate against the action of the spring 3. As the rod 2 rotates, the fingers 7 thereon will act to swing the feeler fingers 9, so that their upper ends will be swung forwards away from the shuttle, until their rearwardly-extending ends are withdrawn from the opening 30 in the shuttle body, and will, therefore, not obstruct the flight of the shuttle. As the lay swings forwards again, the rod 2 will be rotated in the opposite direction by the spring 3, and after half the stroke, the end of one of the levers 9 will enter the opening 30 in the shuttle. In the shuttle are two cross-plates 17, 18, Fig. 6, with inwardlybent ends 170, 180. These plates have nearlyvertical slots 19, 20, which lead into circular thread-guides 21, between which the thread passes on its way from the bobbin to the eye 26. The thread is bent at sharp angles between the bobbin and first guide, and between the second guide and the eye, and the friction thus caused, together with friction placed on the thread as it travels about the tip of the bobbin, straightens out any kinks or loops. The thread is straight between the two guides, and against it is supported vertically a thread fork 23 made integral with a weighted flat plate 24 pivoted between the guideplates 17, 18, so that the plate 24 is normally horizontal. If the thread is intact when the lever 9 enters the shuttle, the shoulder 88, Fig. 8, of the lever will engage the plate 24 and prevent the finger from swinging any further, and this will, in turn, prevent further rotation of the rod 2. But, if the thread fails, the plate 24 will drop, and the finger 9 will not be stopped, so that the rod 2 will rotate and bring the attached dagger 10 below the top of the sleeve 12. As the lay advances, the end of the dagger will engage the sleeve and slide it along the rod 11, thus depressing one arm of the bell-crank knock-off lever 14 and causing the other arm to throw the shipper-lever 15 out of a holding- notch, to be acted on by its spring 150 to move the belt from the driving-pulley. The spring 13 on the rod 11 acts as a buffer to check the lay and return it, thus opening the shed as it was when the weft thread failed. Similar mechanism is placed at both sides of the loom.
Patent GB-190222960-A (GB)
Title: Unbreakable Cart-Shaft.
Inventor: GRAEF FREDERIC
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 22,960. Graef, F., and Roth, H. Oct. 21. Shafts; fallen horses, releasing.-Relates to shafts which are released from the vehicle by the falling of the horse. In the form shown in Fig. 5, each shaft includes a part b having a stud f, Fig. 1, the head of which is adapted to engage between the inturned ends of two springs d, e carried in a socket c on the other part a of the shaft. The part a has a socket j, Fig, 7, within which lies the head k of a pin k<1> pivoted by the horizontal pin l to the vehicle. When the horse, in falling, presses on the shaft, the part b is released from the part a. The socket c may have projections which engage in corresponding recesses on the part b, and the shaft may be subdivided into a larger number of similarlyconnected parts.
Patent GB-190227209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Centering Chucks.
Inventor: KENNEDY FRANK
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 27,209. Kennedy, F. Dec. 10. Chucks.-The screws C for moving the jaws B of a self-centering and independent lathe chuck are operated simultaneously by means of bevel gearing D, E, the wheel E being carried by a sleeve e loosely mounted on the chuck boss and held in engagement with the pinions D by a nut G with a pinching-screw g. The sleeve is provided with handles or projections e<1> for turning the wheel E. 'When the jaws are to be independently operated, the wheel E is slid out of engagement with the pinions.
Patent GB-190303848-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fender for Vehicles, Motors and the like Running on Rails in Streets
Inventor: MUNTE EMILIE
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 3848. Munte, [nÚe Pomm], E. Feb. 18. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-Relates to a fender for vehicles, motors, and the like running on rails in streets. Two discs c, mounted on the axle b, have flanges running in the rails, and are continuously in contact with a roller d of soft elastic material, which projects from the front of the car and is mounted in arms h fixed to the projecting ends of the axle b, which axle is pivoted to, and can move freely on, a vertical spindle a fixed to the footboard of the car, and is under the influence of spiral springs f. The roller d thus rotates in the opposite direction to the wheels of the car. A screen g projects downwards from the front end of the car, so as to protect the upper half of the roller d.
Patent GB-190309242-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Apparatus for Sterilizing Organic Liquids.
Inventor: SEIFFERT MAX
Filed: 1903-04-23
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9242. Seiffert, M. April 23. Liquids, sterilizing ; preserving milk.-Organic liquids, such as milk, are sterilized by subjecting them to the action of ultra-violet rays alone. The liquid is passed through a series of vessels 1, 2, 3, having apertures fitted with dispersive lenses 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, made of quartz, fluorspar, or other material incapable of absorbing ultra-violet rays ; the vessels may also be partially filled with small lumps of a similar material. The ultraviolet rays are produced by means of electric discharges between cadmium points 14, 15, 16, 17, &c. in connection with an induction coil 24. The intensity of the sparks may be increased by the insertion of condensers 36, 37, 38, 39.
Patent GB-190315110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Sighting Devices.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1903-07-08
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,110. K÷nig, A. July 8. Telescopes.-Relates to improvements in sighting- apparatus for ordnance, of the kind described in Specification No. 12,108, A.D. 1900, in which images of the target and of the sight are superposed. In order to obtain a plane instead of a curved image, the diaphragm d, Fig. 1, in which the transparent design is formed, is made spherical, with the concave side towards the lens b. The same effect may be obtained by using a plane diaphragm d, Figs. 5 and 6, on the front plane surface of a plano-convex lens a, thus producing a curved image, from which a plane image is produced by the principal lens b<0>. The dimensions of the apparatus, in a direction transverse to the line of sight, are diminished by the use of intermediate reflecting surfaces, such as g in Fig. 3, and k, l in Fig. 7. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, part of the rays from the diaphragm pass through the transparent mirror c, and, after passing through the lens b<0>, are reflected back by the mirror h to the lens b‹, from which they emerge as parallel rays. The lens b‹ and mirror h may be replaced by a concave mirror i, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190319856-A (GB)
Title: A Pneumatic Diaphragm for Recording and Reproducing Sound in connection with Phonographs, Graphophones, and similar Machines.
Inventor: SEYMOUR HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 19,856. Seymour, H. A. Sept. 15. Phonographs, graphophones, &c.-The diaphragms of phonographs, graphophones, &c. are composed of two discs b, d of glass, mica, &c., united by an india-rubber or other elastic ring c so as to form a pneumatic chamber g. The larger disc b is attached to the sound-box h by means of an elastic ring a. The dome setting for the ball point f is attached to the centre of the smaller disc d.
Patent GB-190324857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps or Valves for Water, Steam and other Liquids or Fluids.
Inventor: MARCHANT GEORGE MAULE
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 24,857. Marchant, G. M. Nov. 16. Plug cocks; lift valves; packing, special methods of.-Relates to the construction of a plug cock to prevent the plug from sticking, and to enable tight joints to be made between the parts without the use of packing, the latter part of the invention being applicable also to screw-down valves. The plug a, Fig. 1, is made separate from the spindle b, and is loosely connected thereto by a squared end a' and socket b<1>. The plug and spindle and an interposed spring e are secured in the casing by a screwed cap g. A tight joint between the casing and the flange c of the spindle b is obtained by means of an enclosed ring f, all the bearing- surfaces being faced by grinding. A shoulder d<1> on the casing limits the downward movements of the flange c. In a modification, the spring e is enclosed in recesses in the spindle and plug. The cap g is also arranged to make joint with the ring f and the top edge of the casing. The spindle and plug are loosely connected together by lugs in the flange c engaging in recesses in the top of the plug. In another modification, shown in Fig. 3 an annular groove h is made in the plug, into which steam under pressure is admitted by a passage i to assist in keeping tight the joints. Instead of the screwed cap, a bolted gland may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, a spiral spring is used above the flange c, Fig. 1, and in some cases a spring is used beneath the smaller end of the plug. To ensure easy working, ball bearings are fitted at one or both ends of the plug ; in some cases the smaller end is rounded to work in a cup-shaped recess. The plug and spindle may be formed in one piece, in which case the spring is confined between two loose jointing - washers on the spindle. The washers may be replaced by fibrous packing for making the joints.
Patent GB-190328518-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Evaporating Weak Brine and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: MOLL EUGEN
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 28,518. Moll, E. Dec. 28. Evaporating brine.-Brine, which may be very weak, is evaporated in several stages at gradually decreasing temperatures, commencing at high temperatures in closed vessels and concluding in open pans ; the steam and waste furnace gases produced at one stage are utilized for heating the apparatus used in succeeding stages. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the apparatus. Brine, fed by the pump b into the boilers A, A', B, B' is heated by the fire r until the pressure reaches about five atmospheres, and is discharged from time to time into a large domed vessel C which is heated by the furnace gases passed beneath it, and by the coil f which is placed at some distance above the bottom, so as not to interfere with the removal of salt, and is supplied with the steam produced in the boilers A, A<1>, B, B<1>. A partial vacuum is maintained in the vessels C, D. Steam from the vessel C is superheated by passing through the coil l on its way to the heating-coil h in the vessel D to which the partly-concentrated brine is led from the vessel C. On leaving the vessel D, the brine is raised by the elevator n into the open pans E, F, G, H, which are heated by waste furnace gases from the vessels C. D, and by steam from the coils f, h.
Patent GB-190406303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manufacturing Producer-gas.
Inventor: LOOMIS BURDETT
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6303. Loomis, B., and Pettibone, H. March 15. Gas-producers. - In a process for enriching and fixing low-grade producer gas, two gas - generators A', A', charged with coal or coke of good quality, are connected at the top to each other and to two generators B', and are connected at the base by outer pipes D, D' to a tubular boiler F. The connecting-tubes E, E', C, D, D<1> may each be provided with a valve. The generators B', which are charged with peat, sawdust, garbage, or other inferior fuel, are fitted with central air-blast pipes K, and may be replaced by ordinary fire-boxes, in which case a pipe for admitting steam or air enters the ashpit. The generators B<1> are constructed, in any well-known manner, so as to contain deep charges of fuel. In working, fires are lighted in the generators and fed with fuel through the openings a. Gas from the producers is drawn through the mass of incandescent fuel by means of an exhauster connected to the boiler, and may pass through a scrubber and into a holder. To prevent ashes from clogging the generators, thÚ outlet pipes D, D' may be closed alternately, and steam admitted into the generator, thus closed, through one of the valves l, l<1>. The water gas produced passes down the other generator and into the boiler, whence it may be drawn through a pipe G. In a modification, each generator is provided with a hopper which is fitted with an injecting-device for feeding pulverized fuel. The device consists of an air-blast pipe, provided with a valve, for supplying air and spraying fuel into the top of the generator. The mixture is burned to supply the low-grade producer gas, which passes down through the incandescent fuel in the generator, and is stored in a holder.
Patent GB-190406856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Burner Attachments.
Inventor: PAWLING HARRY JACKSON
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6856. Pawling, H. J. March 21. Oil - lamp reservoirs, filling.-The burner 4 of an oil lamp may be supported clear of the orifice, while filling the reservoir, by a support 8, preferably of wire, attached by soldering, screwing, or otherwise to the burner base. The curled end 9 rests against the inside of the reservoir, and the parts 5 and 7 rest against the neck of the opening, which is practically unobstructed. The support may also be applied to the caps used for closing separate filling-orifices.
Patent GB-190410120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: LEBURN PATRICK MONCRIEFF GILMO
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 10,120. Leburn, P. M. G., and Ballantyne, J. May 3. Loom shuttles.-The thread 18 passes from the cop through a hole in a guide 10, preferably of malleable cast iron, and is kept against a drag-pin 14 by a flat spring 13 pressing against the guide, the pressure being regulated by the screw 16. After passing through the guide 10, which is pivoted at 11, the thread passes out through a porcelain guide in the usual way. Any dust from the thread can pass out through the hole 21.
Patent GB-190412871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ordnance Sights
Inventor: MUSTIN HENRY CROSKEY
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 12,871. Mustin, H. C. June 7. Sights.-Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the sight-gear for a turret mount, the outline of the side of the turret and trunnion 5 of the cradle 3 being shown in chain lines in Fig. 2. The sight-bar C, C<1> is pivoted by lugs c', c' to a hanger B, connected by a bracket A with the cradle of the gun. The prismatic telescope 6 may be traversed by a screw l and nut K along a grooved slide h<2>, h<3> in the arm H of a carrier G pivoted to the bar C, C<1> at C‹. The end D of the bar C carries a pivoted nut d for a screw f mounted in a pivoted bearing e on a graduated bracket E attached to the cradle 3. The end G<1> of the bar G has a similar nut-and-screw arrangement N. o, horizontally disposed on the bar C. By the former arrangement, the sight is set for elevation, and by the latter adjusted for corrections for 'speed' and 'drift.' The telescope 6 which projects only slightly beyond the side of the turret and is mounted so that its longitudinal axis is in line with the trunnion axis of the gun, is withdrawn by the screw l and nut K, and in its innermost position may be removed from the slide for cleaning or renewal.
Patent GB-190413580-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Measuring and Indicating Speed and Distance Travelled by Vehicles
Inventor: SPRINGER CALVIN JEFFERSON
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,580. Springer, C. J. June 15. Speed indicators; odometers.-An apparatus for measuring and indicating the speed and distance travelled by vehicles, such as automobiles, comprises a clock movement 4, Fig. 3, provided with a dial 2 and hands 3, and drawing a graduated paper strip 15 chronographically between horizontal plates 18, 19 from one drum to another, this latter drum being rotated from the movement 4 by gear-wheels and belts and pulleys. The plates 18, 19 are slotted longitudinally to allow the paper to be pricked by pins 59 on a drum 58, which is rotated intermittently, and reciprocated vertically into contact with the paper by mechanism controlled by a travelling-wheel of the vehicle. A vertical sliding rod 23 carrying the spindle 57 of the drum 58 is intermittently depressed against a spring 26 by a cam 32, Fig. 5, acting on a pin 56 on the rod. A disc 29, provided with the cam 32 and with a tooth 31, is connected by an internal spiral spring with a ratchet-wheel 28 actuated by a pawl 36, to wind up the internal spring until a cam-piece 52 pushes back a spring-pressed detent 33 from the tooth 31, allowing the disc to make one revolution until it is stopped by the engagement of a pin 54 on the disc with a pin 55 on the ratchet. The pawl 36 is actuated by connection with the piston of a compressed-air cylinder supplied with air through a flexible tube from a spring-pressed piston in another cylinder, this piston being intermittently actuated by a bell-crank lever from a projecting-pin on a travelling-wheel of the vehicle. The bell-crank lever fits loosely into a fork at the end of the piston-rod, thus allowing actuation of the apparatus only in the forward motion of the vehicle. The rotary motion of the drum 58, Fig. 3, is obtained by a ratchet-wheel 60 engaging a fixed pawl 63 as the rod 23 reciprocates the drum, a notched disc 61 fixed to the drum being otherwise held stationary by a fixed spring 62. A cyclometer or counter 69 preferably of the Yeeder type is visible through a slot in the clock dial 2, and is actuated by a lever 65 passing between pins 66 on the rod 23.
Patent GB-190414161-A (GB)
Title: Improved Comb for Applying Dyes, Lotions and Pharmaceutical Products to the Roots of the Hair or of the Beard.
Inventor: DELORY GUSTAVE
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,161. Delory, G. June 22. Combs, hair. - Fig. 2 shows a comb for applying dyes, antiseptics, &c. to the roots of the hair. Transverse conical perforations g, Figs. 3 and 5, sloping alternately in opposite directions, are made in the teetb, their ends being connected by channels f. A cotton thread h is threaded through these holes, from the root to the point of the teeth, and back again. The ends are passed through a hole i, and are then tied. Liquid brushed over the comb fills the holes g, from which it is fed, by capillary attraction, to the roots of the hair. Sometimes transverse channels are provided on the underside of the teeth, threads being then dispensed with.